Dirt Bronco hosted the Final Round of the Inland Series, on Saturday 18th of November 2023
By Deon VDL.
It’s that time of the year where the sane people start to unpack their Christmas decorations and all that jingle type of stuff. November just woke up and already the Christmas cheer starts to spread. All of this means nothing to the select few who’s only thought is racing.
We gathered together one last time for the Inland MX Championship’s Final round. It was good to see smiles and laughter as we strolled through the busy pit area at Dirt Bronco. Awesome to see how many people will stay loyal to a series all the way to the end.
What an ending it was! Blood, sweat, tears and celebration all in the final Round for 2023. Close calls and impressive riding made for a grand exit.
50cc JNR.
It is the little things we will miss the most. Talking about the little we saw the 50cc JNR class out first. #17 Hanro Jacobs had a solid practice run at a time of 10 sec above the pace. It was one of those days that planning does not foresee circumstances. #6 Millan Roux won Race 1 by over a minute. Jacobs had a much better Race 2 as he crossed the line 0.22 sec behind Roux. Top three for the day, #6 Millan Roux 1st, #17 Hanro Jacobs 2nd and #88 Reestin Bartlett 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Hanro Jacobs
- 2nd Axell Sutherland
- 3rd Milan Roux
50cc SNR.
The practice run went the way of #20 Luan Jordaan by 3sec. #117 Trey Dean had Race 1 in the bag as he rode to a 7sec victory. Race 2, #141 Alessandro Green took a win by over 11sec. There was awesome racing from the youngsters pushing hard. Our top three: #141 Alessandro Green, #117 Trey Dean 2nd and #20 Luan Jordaan 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Trey Dean
- 2nd Nathan Visagie
- 3rd Alessandro Green
MX3 VETS.
The Wheeler’s are up and not the spoked kind!
#135 Dean Wheeler was faster in practice by 5sec than #73 Brandon Wheeler. The wheels turned in favour of Dean who could not be stopped as he won the first race by over 24 sec and rode his way to another 17 sec win in Race 2. What a performance. Top three results: #135 Dean Wheeler 1st, #73 Brandon Wheeler 2nd and #100 Sean Stunkheide 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Brandon Wheeler
- 2nd Jarrod Eve
- 3rd Sarel Prinsloo
MX 3 Masters.
We saw yet another big practice time as #47 Shaun Lloyd was 17sec faster than the rest. Lloyd rode like a legend as he took Race 1 by 11sec. Race 2 was not as easy as #187 Ty Taylor gave him all he had and took the win from Lloyd by 0.265sec.
Top three: #187 Ty Taylor 1st, #47 Shaun Lloyd 2nd and # 80 Wynand Bylevelt 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Ty Taylor
- 2nd Shaun Lloyd
- 3rd Wynand Byleveldt
MX3 GRAND MASTERS.
In this class, unbeatable had a name. #7 Gary Killian set times that blew our minds. Practice he had a gap of 11sec then powered his way to a 21sec win in Race 1 and dusted off all competition winning Race to by over 32sec, that is insane!
Top three: #7 Gary Killian 1st, #19 Darrell Lehman 2nd and #44 Darren Bailie 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Gary Killian
- 2nd Adrian Maguire
- 3rd Alex Robinson
MX 4 Ladies.
If the practice times followed throughout the day, there would have been no spectators seated with a small difference of 0.501sec. That was definitely not the case.
One lady went out and stole the whole show, Ivana Venter she topped practice like I said only just. But, when the gate dropped on Race 1 Venter was gone and never seen again, winning by over 1.1min.
The only change in Race 2 happened behind her as the battle for 2nd and 3rd got intense it was #110 Emily Pienaar who came third in Race 1 behind #16 Kelly Beegte, Race 2 Pienaar beat Beegte over the line with only 0.183sec. Top three: #32 Ivana Venter 1st, # 110 Emily Pienaar 2nd and #16 Kelly Beegte 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Ivana Venter
- 2nd Kelly Beegte
- 3rd Kelby Lacante
MX 2.
A 2sec gap saw #184 Justin Cope fastest in practice. There is one name on the practice results that does not appear. That name showed up very clearly in Race 1 #729 Joshua Williams who took a great win by a comfortable 13sec.
Race 2 Williams did it again this time by a 9sec gap between him and Cope. Top three: #729 Joshua Williams 1st, # 184 Justin Cope 2nd and #19 Alastair Drennan 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Alastair Drennan
- 2nd Justin Cope
- 3rd Blake Osner
MX SUPPORT.
Their practice saw #114 Damien Venter put up a time of 8sec faster. Race 1 he rushed his way to a spectacular 21sec win. Race 2 there was no Venter as the gates dropped now the time came for #141 Christian Berrington-Smith to shine as he made his way over the line first by a well deserved 25sec lead. Top three: #141 Christian Berrington-Smith 1st, #502 Brandon-Lee Smith 2nd and #23 Dylan DaSilva 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Brandon-Lee Smith
- 2nd Ryan Lemmer
- 3rd James Williams
65cc.
The whole day in the 65cc class was dominated by #345 Rayden Woolls who was over 3secs faster in practice and stayed in front all the way to the last chequered flag.
He seriously kicked butt as he won both his races by over 20sec. What a boytjie. Top three: #345 Rayden Wools 1st, #777 Brandon van Wyk 2nd and #101 Christiaan Bellingan 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Branden van Wyk
- 2nd Qhamani Thu
- 3rd Rayden Woolls
85cc JNR.
We almost had a carbon copy of the 65cc results in the Junior 85cc’s day. This time by a boy called #711 Keagan Burns, he was fastest in practice and in and was not going to give up any slot for nobody as he won both his races without having to look back. Top Three: #711 Keagan Burns 1st, #111 Keegan Mills 2nd and #312 Xander van Wyk 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Dylan Bezuidenhout
- 2nd Keagan Burns
- 3rd Tristan Pieters
85cc PRO.
These little pro riders were swinging punches left and right as they fought their hearts out to come out on top. Practice saw #155 Tshimollo Mazibuko finished 2sec faster. When the bell rang for the racing to start #38 Ethan Louw came out swinging harder than the rest. Beating all his opponents in both races. Top three: #38 Ethan Louw 1st, #555 Maxwell Fourie 2nd and #96 Keno Pereira 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Ken Pereira
- 2nd Ethan Louw
- 3rd Maxwell Fourie
125cc HIGHSCHOOL.
Watching these teenagers go at one another is really awesome and knowing these are the future super stars of tomorrow makes it even better. #141 Christian Berrington-Smith had a winning practice run by 15sec. The rest of the day was chopping and changing all around. #114 Damien Venter won Race 1 by over 15sec. Race 2 came along and saw #121 Lucas Venter crossed the line first. Top three: #121 Lucas Venter 1st, #114 Damien Venter 2nd and #210 Blake Osner 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Louis Mostert
- 2nd Neo Sanders
- 3rd Thomas Spear
MX1.
Like any great event planners, it is very important to leave the best for last and the Inland Event does just that. I am telling you, if you have not seen the MX1 class in action you should really make a plan to witness a great final Race.
#243 Contandinos Tsavalos managed a 3sec gap in practice followed by #184 Justin Cope and #337 Slade Smith only 0.909sec apart from each other. Smith was not going to let anybody steal his racing thunder as he was victorious in Race 1 by 26sec. Then his thunder roared even loader in Race 2 cracking past the finish line like lightning this time with a 38sec gap.
Top three: #337 Slade Williams 1st, #135 Dean Wheeler 2nd and #42 Marco De Vrye 3rd.
Top Three Championship Results.
- 1st Justin Cope
- 2nd Alastair Drennan
- 3rd Adriano Catalano
With world class racing like we witnessed on the final round of the Inland MX Championship we guarantee that it will make things even harder to have to wait for next year’s racing to begin. Xavier and his team did an amazing job of running yet another successful season of racing.
Join us at Ridgeway Racebar to celebrate the achievements of our fellow Mx athletes.
2024 promises to be another exciting year of Motocross with great venues and awesome people.
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